As part of the original Overseas Deployment Air Cadre of the 308th Bomb Group
per OPS Order #57, Shipment 0528A, Feb 15 1943, the following named officers and enlisted men were ordered to proceed in aircraft as indicated from Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida to a location provided to the Commander enroute. Of course, those aircraft were B-24Ds and that location ended up being China with assignment to the 14th Air Force.

From Lt. Lichtenfels' son, James C. Lichtenfels -
Don't really have a lot of details on the individual photos. They were just in a shoebox with nothing written on them. After my Dad died I went through his paperwork and got some info about his service in China as he had told us very little about it. He was a B-24 pilot, flew several supply missions over the Hump and several combat missions. He was among the first crews over there in 1943 I believe. He flew planes called the 'Snowball From Hell' and the 'Ubangi Bag'. He received a Distinguished Flying Cross for action on August 21, 1943 in a raid that became known as the disaster at Hankow which is covered in the book 'Chennault's Forgotten Warriors'. There is also a book called 'Flight to Everywhere' by Ivan Dmitri that has a photo of my Dad and a couple of stories from him and his crew. He stayed in the Air Force until 1962 and flew reconnaissance missions in the 50's and 60's. I was born at Fairford Air Base in England in 1954."

Mr. Lichtenfels graciously shared the many photos found in his father's shoebox. I am honored to be able to share them here.